by phillipw | Mar 5, 2024 | EN, SA
After Prolonged Dark Moving Hours His life is opened by the sight of dawn, One dawn unlike the others as the sun Predicts itself before the sunrise drawn By something more than splendor, night outrun By waking in eternity of sky, A realm that never knows horizon or A...
by phillipw | Feb 23, 2024 | EN, SA
In the Woodland This moment, then another, cherry trees Experience a lifted limb, their blooms Go up and down. A blast of wind, or breeze As gentle as the blossoms sees their tombs Implied. “Is this enlightenment?” spring asks. In Maytime forests here...
by phillipw | Jan 23, 2024 | EN, SA, SH, VI
Despite the Yearlong Darkness Under the Hedge Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I pass the place of violets along The little lane that leads me from the square I live in, in my red brick house. No song Is...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2023 | BO, EN, Uncategorized, ZE
Tuesday as Spiritual Breakthrough Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The master teacher of the Zen monks tells One monk to jump to foaming whirlpool waves. He jumps and finds himself in no deep wells...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2023 | AD, EN
Serendipity Almost Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A mother in Japan advised her son With haiku words. He planned to see The capital. Perhaps he wanted fun, A palanquin and social silk degree,...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2023 | AU, DE, EN, SP
Changing Changelessly Will Meet Its Fate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Mountain cherry blooms Fall. Petals scatter over Water-wheel and brook. ~ Chigetsu (Englished by Phillip Whidden The water wheel...
